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...reason or none, by rivals or the horde of infant pretenders. A kind of Menudo Mean Streets, Fernando Meirelles' fact-based epic zigzags through the stories of a dozen hoodlums and 20 years of carnage. The only thing worse than the sadistic glee with which Ze (Leandro Firmino da Hora) runs the town is the veneration he gets from kids who confuse machismo with maturity. "I smoke and snort," one tyro terrorist says. "I've killed and robbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gangs of Rio de Janeiro | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

...coalition, thereby blocking the possibilities for any other multiparty government. Eanes' most likely option is to appoint an interim "presidential" government to hold office until scheduled national elections in 1980. If he does that, the leading contender for the Premier's job will be Colonel Mário Firmino Miguel, a political independent who served as Soares' Defense Minister. Firmino Miguel almost became Premier in 1974, when he was the choice of then President António de Spínola, but was forced aside by leftist army officers who eventually ousted Spínola. Now Firmino Miguel may get a second chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Bird Uncaged | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...rebuff to General António de Spinola, 64, the soldier-hero who has served since then as provisional President and has allowed an unprecedented measure of political freedom. Spinola's choice for Prime Minister after Palma Carlos' ouster had been conservative Defense Minister Lieut. Colonel Mario Firmino Miguel. Instead, the A.F.M. chose one of its own: an obscure army colonel, Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves, 53, a left-leaning officer-engineer and chief ideologist for the A.F.M. Later in the week, Spinola announced the new 16-member Cabinet. Though Spinola had never been an active member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: The Rebels' Second Coup | 7/29/1974 | See Source »

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